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Grasses 



Bolgiano's "Gold" Brand Seeds are Standard 



-6®° The pt'ices herein are based on values at time of going tress with this catalogue. "^S 

 They are subject to market fiuctuations . 

 1117. T'lmnthv '~*^ HayGrassesXimothy is one of the most popular nutricious and salable. 

 1 lllIWLliy On clay or heavy loams, lowlands or in moubtainous districts provided 

 there is an abundance of moisture, it produces the very best results. On sandy or light loamy 

 ground, it does not do so well as Orchard, Tall Meadow Oat or Red Top Grass. If grazed or cut 

 too close, the stand of Timothy will be seriously injured, besides it does not form as good grazing 

 as many other grasses. From VA to 3 tons of fine hay to the acre. Timothy alone apeckCll lbs.) 

 to the acre or with clover 10 lbs. Timothy and six lbs. Clover. A splendid mixture is 8 lbs. 

 Timothy, 6 lbs., Clover (either Mammoth Clover or Alsike Clover preferred as they mature at the 

 same time as Timothy) 6 lbs. Fancy Red Top, K bu. Meadow Fesque. Together, these will 

 produce most excellent hay, also nutritious and abundant pasture in good loamy, clay or low 

 ground soils, 8 lbs. Timothy and 6 lbs. Clover when sown together. Price, "Cold" Brand 10c lb. 

 Bus. of 45 lbs. $2.35. "Silver" Choice $2.25. Market fluctuates. 



1118 Kentucky Blue Grass. This makes the best, sweetest and most nutritions pasture for all 

 kinds of stock. Kentucky has long been famous for its high bred horses audits Blue Grass 

 pastures. It is now possible to establish on most any farm a Blue Grass pasture of greenest 

 verdure which will give very profitable returns. This grass is the first to start up in the spring 

 and remains green until snow flies in the fall. It is very hardy and is uninj ured by cold or dry 

 weather, hot sun or tramping of hoofs. The roots are so thick and stout that they form a tough 

 sod. Blue Grass requires about two years to get well started and for that reasoti it is often sown 

 in mixture with other grasses. It will do well on almost any land. Sow in the fall or springat 

 the rate of two to three bushels per acre. Price, "Gold" Brand Seed, lb. 15c. Bu. of 14 lbs. $1.75. 

 "silver" Choice, Si. 65 Special pi-ices in Quantity. 



1120. Canada Blue Grass. Resembles somewhat the Kentucky Blue Grass. It will thrive 

 even on hard clay soil and having an extended root development forms a heavy turf. At the 

 Maryland Experiment Station this grass remaineda luxuriant green during the hottest summer 

 when other grasses were materially effected by the heat. Being a grass of Canadian growth it 

 stands the cold weather admirably. Canadian Blue Grass should be tried by everyone not 

 familiar with its excellent qualities. It is particularly well suited for mixtures. Price, "Gold" 

 Brand Seed, lb. 15c. Bu. of 14 lbs. $1.35. Silver" Choice, $1.25. 



1111. Red Top, or Herd's Grass. This grass makes excellent pasturage and good crop of 

 fine quality hay, and succeeds on a greater variety of soils than any other in general use, giving 

 very good results on light soils, and the very best results on heavier, moist or low ground soils. 

 It is rather late in stirting in spring, and matures its crop the same time as Timothy. Is excel- 

 lently adapted for seeding with Timothy for hay, and furnishes excellent pasturage afterward. 

 When it gets well established it spreads, and will gradually supplant other grasses. Our Gold 

 Brand of the Fancy Clean Red Top is of extra fine quality; and carefully cleaned from impurities. 

 We can also furnish the Choice and Prime Fancy Red Top as usually sold. It requires about 8 to 

 10 pounds to seed an acre of the Fancy Clean seed. When sowing -with Timothy, sow 6 pounds of 

 the Fancy Clean seed and 8 pounds Timothy per acre. It can be sown either in the spring or 

 fall. Price, "Gold" Brand Fancy Seed, lb. 15c. lOlbs. or over <Si I2c. lb. "Silver" Choice, 10 lbs. or 

 over ® 10c lb. Prices fluctuate, latest pi'ices quoted upon application. 



1122. Meadow Fesque, Randall or English Blue Grass. Itmakes a most excellent hay and 

 pasturage grass, and is particularly valuable for fall and winter pasturage, as it remains green 

 throughout the winter. It is also a splendid spring and summer grass and usually makes more 

 and thicker leafage than any other grass. Grows 2 to 3 feet high but not in tufts like Orchard 



Grass. The hay is very nutritious and cattle thrive on it whether dry or green. Succeeds even 



in poor soil, and as the roots penetrate deep, from 12 to 15 inches, it takes extremely dry weather Bolgiano's "Gold" Brand Southern Grown German Millet 

 to effect it. It succeeds well in nearly all sections of the South, and should be very largely used 



for pasturage and hay mixture, being specially suitable for sowing with Red Top and Timothy for hay, or with these and Orchard and Tall Meadow Oat 

 for perman-nt pasturage. Sow either in the spring or fall at the rate of 2 bushels to the acre if sown by itself. When sown with Red Top and Timolhy. 

 sow one b ishel (14 lbs.) Meadow Fesque, 5 lbs. Fancy Clean Red Top and 6 lbs., Timothy per acre. Sown for a grazing mixture with Orchard and Tall 

 Meadow Oat Grass, add half a bushel each of these two grasses. Price, "Gold" Brand l^b. 20c. Bus. of 24 lbs. about $3.00. 



TJ^p (~'r'a«P< Fof" ^nrincJ PlantincJ The Italian and Perennial Rye Grasses are really the quickest growing of any of the grasses, and. 

 ivyc VJiaascs l Ul opilll^ l lailllllg win furnish a quick growing, most nutritious and leafy pasturage, at the same time making very 

 good hay grasses. On account of their quick, early growth, they should be a constituent part of nearly all hay and pasturage mixtures. 



1121. English or Perennial Rye Grass. This is becoming well known in this country as a valuable pasture grass which will bear frequent close 

 cropping. Produces an abundance of foliage, which remains bright and green during the season. The hay is relished by all kinds of stock. It will gi ow 

 well on almost any land but does better on such land as will producea good corn crop. When sown by itself, sow 30 lbs. per acre either in the spring or fall. 



Price, lyb. 10c. Bu. of 14 pounds, $1.00. 100 pounds $6.00. 



"Gold" Brand Timothy 



1172. Italian Rye Grass. This is, like the Perennial Rye Grass, valuable for pasture and 

 also for hay. It thrives on rich, moist land, where from three to four cuttings may be 

 made in season. Itgrows very quickly and will stand close pasturage. It will stand more 

 overflow than other grass. About 24 lbs. of seed required to the acre. Price, "Gold" Brand. 

 10c lb. Bu, of 14 lbs. $1.00. 100 lbs. $6.50. 



1189. Creeping Bent Grass. Similarto Red Top or Herd's Grass and considered as good, 

 if not better than that variety. Distinctive on account of its compact, creeping, rooting 

 stems, which hold in the soil in a very tenacious way. Of rapid growth and spreading 

 habit, forming a strong, durable turf. Fine for lawns and putting greens because of its fine 

 texture. If sown alone, use 50 lbs. to the acre. Price, "Gold" Brand, lb. 25c. 

 1188. Crested Dogstail. A hardy grass forming a smooth, compact and lasting turf. 

 Does best on rich, moist land, but will grow on most any soil. Roots deeply and withstands 

 dry weather. Does well in the shade. If sown alone, u.se 30 pounds to the acre, but the 

 best way is to mix with other grasses. Price, Va. 30c. 10 lbs. $2.80. 100 lbs. $25.00. 

 1206. Rhode Island Bent Grass. Resembles Red Top, but is shorter and has narrower 

 leaves. It makes a beautiful fine, close turf and and one of the best grasses for lawns. It 

 does well on both rich and poor soils. Sow with other grasses or if alone use 50 lbs. of seed, 

 an acre. Lb. 30c. 10 lbs. $2.75. 



1116. Bromns Inermis or Awnless Broom Grass. Drought defying, frost resisting. 

 Yields enormous crops of splendid hay and affords early and abundant pasturage. It adapts 

 itself to almost every condition of soil and climate and to any use to which grass may be 

 put, equaling in quality and rivaling in yield almost any other grass. The roots push 

 through the soil and form fresh plants on every side. No amount of cold seems to be able 

 to kill it. It bears up well under hot summer suns. It will grow under conditions that are 

 very dry, and it can also stand being covered with water, not deep of course, for one or two 

 weeks in early spring. It is an abundant producer of leaves and is much relished as pasture 

 and hay. It is about equally nutritious with Timothy. This grass may be sown at any time 

 of the year when the ground is bare, but the best season is in spring, and with or with- 

 out a nurse crop. If sown with a nurse crop that crop should be sown thinly. IS pounds 

 of good Bromus Inermis an acre is suiBcient. It grows slowly for a time, hence the farmer 

 should not be hasty in concluding that he has failed to get a stand of the grass. Price, 

 "Gold" Brand 18c lb. Bu. 14 lbs., $2.10. 



\/Ij|l/jj-C 1125. German or Golden Millet, Southern Grown. Makes a large yielding 

 J. llllClo. g,^(j jjiost nutritious hay crop, quick growing and easily cured. It should 

 be seeded thickly, one bushel per acre, and should be harvested while in bloom. If the seeds 

 are allowed to form, the stalks get hard and it does not make so good a hay. Should be sown 

 at any time between the middle of May until the end of June. It matures a crop in six to 

 eight weeks after seeding. Our Southern Grown Millet makes much better growth than 

 Western or Northern grown seed. "Gold" Brand Southern Millet, $1.25 per Bu. of 50 lbs. 

 1126. Hungarian Millet. For good low ground or rich soils, this makes even a more valu- 

 able crop than German Millet. It is considered equal in nutritive value to Timothy hay. 

 Sowfrom the 1st of May until the end of July, one bushel per acre. "Gold" Brand $1,25 per Bu. 

 1012. Japanese Millet. Grows from 6 to 9 feet high, stands up remarkably and yields 

 enormous crops. Itmakes good hay and in quality is superior to com fodder. It is relished 

 by all kinds of stock, 15 lbs. to acre broadcast. 10 to 12 lbs. in drills 12 inches apart. Cul- 

 tivate until 18 inches high. "Gold" Brand 10 lbs. 50c. 100 lbs. $4.00. 



1170. Pearl or Cattail Millet, Pencillaria. Drill in 2-foot rows. Lb. 10c. 10 lbs. ® 8c 

 per lb. 100 lbs. ® 7c per lb. 



